2015年6月25日 星期四

2015-06-26 Singapore Health


Marketing Interactive
   
Education institutes asked to display boards on tobacco ban   
Times of India
KOLHAPUR: The state higher and technical education department has instructed all the educational institutes to put up information boards on tobacco ban on their campuses. The institutes have also been asked to put on boards phone numbers of the ...

Public consultation on proposed amendments to Tobacco Act   AsiaOne
Government seeks tighter measures on Tobacco ads and sales   Marketing Interactive
Public views sought on stricter tobacco control measures   TODAYonline
Channel News Asia   
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Sky News Australia
   
S.Korea MERS outbreak takes two more lives   
Sky News Australia
South Korea has reported two more deaths from its outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), and one new confirmed case. The latest figures bring to 31 the total death toll from the largest MERS outbreak outside Saudi Arabia, the health ...

South Korea MERS death toll rises to 31   GMA News
Mers death toll rises to 31 in South Korea outbreak, 1 new case   TODAYonline
South Korea Mers outbreak claims two more deaths   THE BUSINESS TIMES
The Chosun Ilbo   
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AsiaOne
   
Borderline readings may flag heart trouble in future   
AsiaOne
Young adults whose blood pressure is at the high end of the normal range might want to start watching what they eat, exercise and even take medication. For they could find themselves with damaged heart muscles by middle age and full blown heart failure ...

Normal blood pressure not good enough, study shows   The Straits Times

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Fox News
   
Drug-resistant bacteria lurk in crowded Afghan war clinic   
Fox News
June 11, 2015: Zemairy, an Afghan boy, receiving treatment at Medicines Sans Frontiers (MSF) after a mortar exploded in his yard, and recovering from a drug-resistant bacterial infection, lies in an isolation ward in Kunduz. (Reuters). KUNDUZ, Afghanistan ...

Drug-resistant bacteria lurk in Afghan clinic   Saudi Gazette
Scores Treated After Fighting in Kunduz, Afghanistan   Doctors Without Borders

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TODAYonline
   
New, more fatal dengue strain leaves Malaysian Health Ministry searching for ...   
TODAYonline
KUALA LUMPUR — A new strain of dengue that attacks vital human organs and has resulted in 158 deaths so far this year is cause for concern to the Malaysian Health Ministry, as the government looks for ways to tackle the problem. With symptoms and ...

New, more fatal dengue strain leaves Health Ministry searching for answers   The Malaysian Insider

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Elder abuse may be more common than people think   
Reuters
(Reuters Health) - Elder abuse may be more common than is recognized, particularly among adults with dementia or other cognitive impairments, a research review suggests. In North and South America, elder abuse prevalence ranges from 10 percent of ...


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Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News
   
Spit and Blood Tests Successfully Detect Tumor DNA from Head and Neck ...   
Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News
Researchers at Johns Hopkins led a proof-of-principle study that successfully identified tumor DNA shed into the blood and saliva of 93 patients with head and neck cancer. Their report (“Detection of somatic mutations and HPV in the saliva and plasma of ...

DNA Shed from Head and Neck Tumors Detected in Blood and Saliva   HealthCanal.com
Blood, saliva prototype finds most oral cancers   Yahoo News
Saliva test hope for mouth cancers   Times of Malta

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AsiaOne
   
In twist, scientists join tobacco companies to fight cancer   
AsiaOne
An attendee adds vape juice to his electronic cigarette at the Vape Summit III in Las Vegas, Nevada, in this May 2, 2015. Photo: Reuters. Wednesday, Jun 24, 2015. Reuters. Scientists who have devoted years developing medicines to cure disease are now ...

RPT - INSIGHT-In twist, scientists join tobacco companies to fight cancer   Reuters
Analysis: Tobacco firms seek safe e-cigarettes   Independent Online

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ABC Online
   
Ebola crisis: Rapid blood test as accurate as laboratory test, scientists say after ...   
ABC Online
A 15-minute, on-the-spot blood test for Ebola is as accurate as the most widely-used laboratory-based test, scientists say after a patient trial. An affordable, rapid diagnostic test would be an invaluable tool for health workers on the ground, allowing them to ...

Now, a single prick diagnostic test for Ebola   Times of India
Nearly instantaneous, finger-prick Ebola test could be a game-changer   Washington Post
Patient trial validates Ebola rapid test   Zee News
TIME   
Daily Mail   
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AL.com
   
Report: More than 1 in 8 infected with HIV don't know they have it   
AL.com
AIDS test A man takes an oral HIV test in this 2004 photo. (File photo)Crystal Bonvillian | cbonvillian@al.com. The CDC released a report with a startling statistic: one in eight do not know they have HIV. Approximately 156,300 of 1.2 million HIV sufferers are ...

Five-year window for preventing AIDS rebound   The Nation
Sustaining current efforts against AIDS not enough, epidemic may rebound in ...   Financial Express
CDC: More than 1 in 8 Americans infected with HIV don't know it   Los Angeles Times
Livemint   
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